A Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIJH| Sitting at His table one day | A |
| God and the devil a game did play | A |
| Hated humanity was at stake | B |
| Well the first picked Bonaparte | C |
| The other drew and for his part | C |
| 'Twas Mastai that he did take | B |
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| Impoverished abbey thin as a sprite | D |
| Petty prince small and filled with spite | D |
| Truly a thoughtless brat | E |
| Oh what a worthless pot | F |
| 'Twas God that had the losing lot | F |
| So the devil won them both at that | E |
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| God the Father cried 'Take them you | G |
| You will not know what to do | G |
| With them' the devil laughed 'Good sir | H |
| That's where you're wrong ' the devil said | I |
| And of the one a pope he made | J |
| And of the other an emperor | H |
Victor Marie Hugo
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